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workshop sound hacking at labitat

NB: we had a small sound hack brainstorm / meetup yesterday (10/5), and decided to drop the big workshop for now and focus on assembling the 7 kits i already have available in a more cosy sound hacking environment. we'll do this from wednesday the 18th (5pm) and every second following wednesday.

all are still welcome! but if you are interested in a kit from this batch let me know a.s.a.p. as there is a limited amount left. price: 500DKR+donation.

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what is CHEAP, FAT and OPEN?

CHEAP, FAT and OPEN (CFO) is an open source synthesizer, mixed with a stylophone, a gameboy, a circuit bent toy, and then some software too: an open source platform for musical exploration, composition and performance.

the platform is CHEAP, and OPEN – welcoming you to experiment.

a combination of the old and new: the raw 8bit / chip tune approach combined with wireless connectivity, state of the art open source hardware, and expandability – gives us that FAT sound.

it is portable, allowing you to make music on the go.

the platform is a performance instrument, giving a full 1½ octave keyboard control in compact packaging, through a classic stylophone interface. it is also a sequencer, allowing you to program rhythms and melodies, and play them back in sync with other platforms and instruments.

CHEAP, FAT and OPEN is designed for geeky musicians, the chip tune community, the makers, the circuit benders, the interaction designers and the musical programmers, and anyone else who wishes to experiment with sequenced / networked / low-level musical exploration.

it is open source and designed to be OPEN and hackable. you can do a lot of things with CFO, but CFO has a lot of limitations as well. (that's the beauty of it, go with the flow.)

this is NOT a finished product. many (most) things are still under development, and i (jsr) am really just experimenting here. i'm not a proper coder, nor am i a electronics engineer. so expect bugs! errors! glitches! -- treat them as features ;) or dig the code and change them for the better.

the following is a kind of feature list. quite incomplete. feel free to add.